Airbus A350-941 MSN023, Finnair OH-LWE, operating AY73 Helsinki – Tokyo Narita was at 37,000 ft around 90 minutes into the flight this evening when crew turned back to Helsinki for a safe landing due to a technical issue.

Airbus A350-941 MSN015, Vietnam Airlines VN-A887, positioned Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi in the early hours of this morning as VN7212 in order to operate an additional Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City sector as VN7213.

Airbus A350-941 MSN132, Qatar Airways A7-ALY, was delivered Toulouse – Doha this afternoon as QR3359. The aircraft is in Large Logo/Medium Oryx livery and is the first A350-900 with QSuites in Business Class. This is the 20th A350-900 delivered new to the airline.

Airbus A350-1041 MSN088, Qatar Airways A7-ANA, was delivered Toulouse – Doha this morning as QR3351. The aircraft is in 46J/281Y configuration with QSuites in Business Class and wears Large Logo/Medium Oryx livery. This is the first A350-1000 delivered to Qatar Airways and the first A350-1000 delivered worldwide.

Airbus A350-941 MSN184, Lufthansa D-AIXH, was delivered Toulouse – Munich as LH9885 this morning. The aircraft is in 48J/21W/224Y configuration and wears Lufthansa 1988 livery. The aircraft is named “Magdeburg” and brings the Lufthansa A350-900 fleet up to eight aircraft.

Airbus A350-941 MSN024, LATAM Airlines Brasil PR-XTA, arrived into New York JFK this morning as JJ8080 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos, however its scheduled return to Sao Paulo Guarulhos this afternoon as JJ8081 was cancelled due to a technical issue.

Airbus A350-941 MSN174, Lufthansa D-AIXG, entered service this afternoon operating the LH718/LH719 Munich – Seoul Incheon rotation. This was the first A350 operation on this route which has hitherto been an Airbus A340-600 service.